Leslie Uggams
- Recitazione
- 25 maggio 1943 · Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Biografia
Leslie Marian Uggams (born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. She had earlier been highly acclaimed for the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Later in her career, Uggams received renewed notice with appearances alongside Ryan Reynolds as Blind Al in Deadpool (2016) & Deadpool 2 (2018) and in a recurring role on Empire.
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Filmografia
- Deadpool & Wolverine · Blind Al
- Fallout · Betty Pearson
- American Fiction · Agnes Ellison
- Dotty and Soul · Dotty
- Extrapolations - Oltre il limite · Isabel Zucker
- Mio papà a caccia di alieni · Grandma (Voce)
- Nanny · Kathleen
- The Ravine · Joanna
- The Gilded Age · Ernestine Brown
- Show of Titles · "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
- The Bite · Dr. Hester Boutella
- Blithe Spirit · Madame Arcati
- Stars in the House · Madame Arcati
- The Apollo · In persona
- C'era una volta Deadpool · Blind Al
- New Amsterdam · Mamma Reynolds
- Deadpool 2 · Blind Al
- La vita immortale di Henrietta Lacks · Sadie
- Deadpool · Blind Al
- Empire · Leah Walker
- Just the Three of Us
- The Good Wife · Suzanne Packer
- Nurse Jackie - Terapia d'urto · Vivian
- Toe to Toe · Grandma
- Words and Music by Jerry Herman · In persona
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · In persona
- Remembering Roots · In persona
- The Early Show · In persona
- I Griffin · Leslie Uggams (Voce)
- Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
- Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl · In persona
- Scacco al re nero · Doris Holly
- The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC · In persona
- Tutti al college · Dr. Eileen Redding
- Christmas at Radio City Music Hall · In persona
- Night of 100 Stars II · In persona
- I Robinson · Kris Temple
- Reading Rainbow · In persona
- Hotel
- Sizzle · Vonda
- Magnum, P.I. · Alexis Carter
- Backstairs at the White House · Lillian Rogers Parks
- CBS News Sunday Morning · In persona
- A Special Sesame Street Christmas · In persona
- Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
- Love Boat · Marion Blake, Callie Reason
- Radici · Kizzy Reynolds, Kizzy Reynolds Moore
- The Muppet Show · In persona
- Heartbreak Motel · Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
- Easter Is · Voce
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... · In persona
- The Bobby Darin Show
- Black Girl · Netta
- Il pirata dell'aria · Lovejoy Wells
- S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin · In persona
- The Flip Wilson Show · In persona
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · In persona
- Swing Out, Sweet Land · Saloon Singer
- The Leslie Uggams Show
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour · In persona
- Mod Squad, i ragazzi di Greer
- That's Life
- The Carol Burnett Show · In persona
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. · Natasha Brimstone
- The Dean Martin Show
- Hullabaloo · In persona
- The Hollywood Palace · In persona
- The Danny Kaye Show · In persona
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · In persona
- Due settimane in un'altra città · Chanteuse
- The Mike Douglas Show · In persona
- Startime · In persona
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · In persona
- Tony Awards · In persona
- What's My Line? · In persona
- The Ed Sullivan Show · In persona